Windmill



(No Model.)

- s. STANDISH.

WINDMILL.

NIT'IED STATES ATENT FFICE,

SYRANUS STANDISH, OF PACHECO, CALIFORNIA.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,799, dated March30, 1886.

Application filed November 23, 1885. Serial No. 183,775.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYRANUS STANDISH, of Pacheco, county of ContraCosta, and State of California, have invented an Improvement in\Vindmills; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof.

Myinvention relates to that class of wind mills in which two vanes areemployed to effeet the necessary regulating of the wheel, one of saidvanes being arranged in a vertical position, parallel with the wheel,and the other vane being mounted on a horizontal shaft and adapted to beoscillated by power transmitted from the vertical vane from a horizontalplane, in which it lies inactive, to a vertical plane, in which itreceives the force of the wind and throws the wheel out of act-ion.

My invention consists in the novel arrangement of these two vanes andthe power-transmitting devices between them.

It consists, further, in a novel turn-table, on which the wheel andvanes are arranged, in a novel and peculiarlylocated bracket in whichthe turn-table is mounted and which is adapted to permit the mostconvenient arrangement of the pitman with respect to the tower employed,and in a novel slotted hollow stem, forming part of the reciprocatingmechanism, said stein being the seat for the wire or cord which throwsthe mill out of action, and forming,also, a swivel-connection with thepitman of the pump, all of which, together with details of construction,I shall hereinafter fully explain.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective, andeconomical windmill.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewofmy windmill. Fig. 2 is a view of the slotted pipe G.

The tower A consists of four divergent legs, a, which are bolted attheir upper ends to a standard, B, and are braced by cross-bars a, alsobolted to the lower end of the standard .8. The standard B is square incross-section, but one ofits corners or angles is beveled off at b, toreceive the bracket-casting C, which is grooved to fit the beveledcorner of the standard, and is bolted thereto.

Dis the turn-table, consisting of two out- (No model.)

spread arms, d, and a tubular shank, d, which is mounted in the castingC, and is secured therein by a flange, (1 at the top and a collar, (P,at the bottom, whereby the turn-table may rotate, but can move neitherup or down.

In the arms (I ofthe turn-table is journaled the shaft E, which carriesthe wind wheel F, of any suitable construction.

G is a tubular piece or pipe, having in its side a slot, 9. This pipepasses down through the tubular stein orshank d of the turn-table, andis connected with the pitman H of the pump, the connection being aswiveled one, and formed by means of the bracket h,through the arm ofwhich the pipe G passes and is journaled, its lower end receivinga nut,g, to hold it in place. The upper end of the pipe G may be connectedwith any suitable reciprocating powertransmitting devices on thewheel-shaft B. As the novelty of this portion of the mill lies in theslotted pipe G, forming a continuation of the pump-pitman. I am not soparticular in describing the powertransmitting mechanism by which it isconnected with the wheel-shaft; but the mechanism which I preferconsists of a yoke, I, preferably cast or formed with the pipe G, andprovided with a double slot, '5, at right angles.

Within one of the slots of the yoke I operates an eccentric, J, on thewheel'shaft, the hub of said eccentric being provided with smallroller-studs j, which are seated in the side slots of the yoke, wherebysaid yoke is guided in a true perpendicular motion.

It will thus be seen,by reason of the swivelconnection between the pipeG and the pit man H, that the turn-table, with all the mechanism whichit carries, may rotate freely without rotating the pitman, and at thesame time the pipe G may raise and lower said pitman.

Now, by reason of mounting the bracket C, which sustains the turn-table,upon one corner of the standard B, as I have been particular to explain,it will be observed that the pitman H can pass down to the pump withoutinter fering with the legs of the tower, and thus avoid the necessityofmaking a passage through one of the legs, as would be the case if thebracket were mounted on the side of the action carries a beveled pinion,O, which.

standard 13; and, again, the cross-pieces c of the tower afford anopportunity for guiding the pitman, which effect is produced by means ofsmall guide-blocks of, secured on the side of the cross-pieces, andbetween which the pitman passes.

One arm, (I, of the turn-table is provided with a long cap-plate, K,which carries journal-bearings 7c, in which is mounted the shaft L,which carries on its end the vane M. To the same arm of the turntable isbolted an upright extension, d", in which is pivoted the shankor stem nof the vertical vane N, the lower end of said shank being provided witha weight, WV, which is adapted to slide up or down on its seat, and tobe fixed wherever adjusted by means of the set-screw w. The stem a ofthe vane N at its center of pivotal meshes with a beveled pinion, P, onthe shaft L of the vane M. Upon said shaft L is secured an arm, Q, tothe outer end of which a wire or cord, R, is attached. This passes downand enters the pipe G through its slot g, and thence extends downwardlythrough said pipe to within reach of the operator; The vane Nconsists ofa number of fans,which are mounted at the same angle and parallel withthe fans of the wheel F.

The operation of my mill 'is as follows: When there is a light wind theweighted vane N remains in a vertical position and the vane Mlies in ahorizontal plane, so that it is not effected by the wind; but as thewind becomes stronger it forces the vane N over through an arc in avertical plane, which movement of the vane, through the gearingdescribed,oscillates the shaft L and turns the vane M into a Verticalplane, so that the wind affects it and blows the vane around, turningthe wheel out of the wind and stopping the mill, or regulating itaccording to the force of the wind. As soon as the wind dies down theweighted vane N, assuming again a perpendicular, oscillates the shaft L,which turns its vane M into a horizontal plane, in which position thewind has no effect upon it.

By moving the weight W up or down on its without interference from thecord. 7

Having thus described my-invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a windmill, a turn-table, a shaft mounted thereou,and a wheel onsaidshaft, in combination with the vane N, parallel with the wheel andhaving a stem, at, pivoted to the turn-table, its axis being parallelwith, the shaft of the wheel, whereby said vane ismove'd edgewise, theweight W on the lower end of the stem, the shaft L, mounted ontheturntable at right angles to the vane N, thevane M on said shaft, andthe intermeshing gears O Pon the stem of vane N and on the shaft L,respectively, substantiaily as herein described.

2." In a windmill, the turn-table D, having a hollow stem, d, the shaftE, mounted'in said turn-table, the wind-wheel F. on said shaft, theshaft L, mounted on the turn-table at right angles to the shaft'E, theregulating-vane M on said shaft,and the arm Q,in-combination with thetubular piece or pipe G, connectedat its upper end with thereciprocating devices of the wind-wheel shaft and swiveied at its lowerend to the pumppitman, said piece or pipe being pivoted in the tubularstem of the turn-table and having aslot, g, in its side, and the cord orwire R, connected with the arm Q- of the shaft L, and entering the pipeGthrough its slot and passing through said pipe, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SYRANUS STANDISH; Witnesses:

M. H. BAILHAOHE, A. E. DUNKEL.

